PURCHASING AND SUPPLY PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 361. THE IMPACT OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL ON THE PERFORMANCE OF KINGSWAY SH...

  » BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Inventories constitute the most significant part of current events of a large majority of companies in Nigeria and indeed many other part of the world. Because of the large size of inventories maintained by firms, a considerable amount of fund is required to be committed to them. Therefore, the efficient and effective management of inventories becomes imperative in order to...Continue Reading »

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• 362. THE IMPACT OF MATERIAL HANDLING COST REDUCTION EFFORT ON PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS I...

  » Background of the Study During the Second World War after the industrial revolution, industries sprang up in hundreds every day. As a result of the increase in industries, raw materials became scarce. This made production to be complex. Accounts needed to be prepared and customers needed to be attended to within a short period of time. Alternative sources were required and new product needed impro...Continue Reading »

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• 363. THE IMPACT OF MATERIAL MANAGEMENT ON PURCHASING

  » ABSTRACT There is significance in investigating the problems that surrounded the distribution of material management in marketing organization. Therefore, this extended essay attempts to examine the raw materials and scare, production has become complex and the number of goods strategies for improving the alternative sources are required and new product needed in distributing channels are being ma...Continue Reading »

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• 364. THE EFFECT OF MATERIAL HANDLING ON THE PROFITABILITY OF AN ORGANIZATION

  » Iornum (2007) defines material handling as an aspects of material management which is concern with the safety of material in transit with the regularity of delivery, as well as the flow of materials. According to Badi (2004) Materials handling refers to the movement of materials inside the work premises from raw materials stage to finished product storage. Maximum movement activity takes place on ...Continue Reading »

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• 365. A STUDY INTO THE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTION OF PRODUCTION CONTROL IN AUTOMOBILE IND...

  » “Control is a general management function which can be described as the constraining of events to follow plans. It involves setting standard or plans, monitoring performance and company results against plan of standards and correctly deviations from plans or standards when necessary. Production control can therefore be described as a function of management which plans, direct and controls th...Continue Reading »

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• 366. IMPACT OF THE 2007 PROCUREMENT ACT ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF OFFICERS IN THE PUBLIC...

  » Background of the Study This study intends to shed more light on the impact of public procurement act on the accountability of procurement officers in public sector in Kaduna state ministry of education and how it contribute positively towards the conservation of resources in a services organization. However, the researcher feel it would be of great importance to conduct a detailed study on the pr...Continue Reading »

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• 367. ROLE OF SOURCING IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE PROFIT OBJECTIVE OF ORGANIZATION

  » LITERATURE REVIEW These chapter review the works opinion and opinion of scholars, and on the subject matter role of sourcing in the achievement of the profit objective of organization. Sourcing is one of the aspect of purchasing activities and sourcing is important in any manufacturing industry. 2.1 Sourcing Concept According to Baily, Farmer, Crocker, Jessop and Jones. (2008) sourcing “invo...Continue Reading »

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• 368. ROLE OF INSPECTION IN PRODUCT QUALITY MANAGEMENT DRIVE IN AN ORGANIZATION

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Doug Wallace, a Materials Management subject expert with Life Cycle Engineering [L.C.E] Consultancy Company Charleston, South Carolina; in a paper presentation titled “Maintenance and Reliability Inventory Management” gave an apt and practical illustration that underscores the need for inspection. He said, have you heard of the guys ...Continue Reading »

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• 369. NEGOTIATION AS A TOOL FOR EFFECTIVE MATERIAL PRICING

  » LITERATURE REVIEW This helps to examine the various contribution made by authors in relation to negotiation as it help towards effective materials pricing. Current literature is reviewed here as they tend to provide a broad view of the subject matter. 2.1 Negotiation Monczka, Trent and Handfield (2001) sees negotiation as the process of formal communication either face to face or via electronic me...Continue Reading »

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• 370. NEGOTIATION AS A COST REDUCTION TECHNIQUE IN MATERIAL PROCUREMENT (A CASE STUD...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction Every human being needs water to survive, so also every organization needs materials to survive. In the private and public sector, their total expenditure is mainly spent on acquiring either materials or facilities or services. There is no way business operations can be effectively carried out without them. Negotiation is vital to organizations so as to reduce cost or ...Continue Reading »

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• 371. INVENTORY PLANNING AND CONTROL ON PRODUCTS AVAILABILITY

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study It is a fact in materials management that continuity in production or provision of services on constant flow of required inventory. However, the question confronting the materials management remain, how much shall be ordered when the quality available is less than required to meet production demand or the quantity is less than order point and ho...Continue Reading »

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• 372. IMPACT OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT ON PRODUCTIVITY IN AN ORGANIZATION (A STUDY OF NA...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Inventory in the form of raw materials, work in progress and finished goods constitute significant proportion of assets of most organization. But why is it pertinent to keep any eye on these items in other words, why do we engage in inventory management? Inventory items cost money to acquire, they cost money to store and to look after, which mea...Continue Reading »

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• 373. INVENTORY CONTROL AND ITS IMPACT ON PROFITABILITY IN AN ORGANIZATION

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Inventory control is an extension of stores keeping and it has been in practice for a long time. It has a wide scope of activities today. Inventory control is an act of safe keeping some valuable items for future use and to produce them when the need arises. Inventory control goes beyond the scope of keeping and producing the items only but also...Continue Reading »

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• 374. IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE SUPPLY FUNCTION OF AN ORGANIZATION

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study It has been part of our history that goods produced are not usually consumed by those that produced them or where they are produced. They need to be moved and moved to the location they are needed. These goods passed through a long chain and are usually handled by many people, with each contributing to adding value to the product, from point of ...Continue Reading »

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• 375. EFFECT OF STORE DESIGN ON MATERIALS HANDLING A CASE STUDY OF POWER HOLDING COMPA...

  » ABSTRACT This research study is concerned with the effect of store design on materials handling a case study of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) Calabar for better understanding of the work effort was made at the introduction stage to explain the general importance of store design with special consideration being placed on its impact in an industry especially Power Holding Company of Nigeri...Continue Reading »

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• 376. EFFECT OF MATERIAL INSPECTION ON PRODUCT QUALITY IN POWER HOLDING COMPANY OF NIG...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Philip Crosby in his book “Quality is free” summarizes the effect of inspection in the following statement: “A prudent company makes certain that its products and services are delivered to the customers by a management system that does not condone remake, repairs, waste or non conformance of any sort. These are expensive proble...Continue Reading »

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• 377. EFFECT OF INSOURCING OR OUTSOURCING DECISION ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF NORTHERN CAB...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The Insourcing and/or Outsourcing decision is referred to in purchasing as sourcing policy decision and it is one of the most important decision points for any organization because it has a multiple and web like effect on the life of the organization. Managers of businesses most especially manufacturing organizations faces a series of important ...Continue Reading »

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• 378. AN ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ORGANIZATION.

  » ABSTRACT This project work is centered on stock control as a measure for ensuring profitability in an organization a case study of Kaduna refinery and Petroleum chemical. It begins with the first chapter that deals with the background of the study which gives brief introduction about the subject matter under study. Statement of problem which is the reason why the researcher under take the study to...Continue Reading »

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• 379. AN APPRAISAL OF MATERIAL MANAGEMENT CONCEPT AS A STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING HIGHER P...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The Need for Appraisal of Material Management Concepts as a strategy for achieving higher productivity and to make up with the growing complexity of industrial needs. Management performance appraisals is one of the most important opportunities in effective delivery of the company’s set objective if done correctly, performance appraisals ca...Continue Reading »

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• 380. AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROCUREMENT REFORMS ACT AS A TOOL FOR COST SAVINGS AND ACCOUN...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION In the past, huge sums of government money have been siphoned through the processes of contract awards. A major thrust of this administration therefore, is the acceptance of Procurement Reforms Act as a tool for embracing transparency, competition, fairness, integrity, openness and value for money in the procurement reforms Act and seek the support of all governance for th...Continue Reading »

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